"Zhou Hong." Just then, a beautiful voice called out from behind Zhou Hong.
Zhou Hong quickly turned around and saw that it was no other than Shen Yanran, the beauty from the Music Academy.
"Shen Yanran, it's you. What's up?" Zhou Hong asked with a smile.
The people eating in the cafeteria immediately turned their eyes, seemingly confused. Shen Yanran, as the renowned campus belle, why would she approach Zhou Hong?
"Zhou Hong, what about that matter last time, have you considered it?" Shen Yanran asked with a smile.
"What matter?"
"It seems you haven't put any thought into it." Shen Yanran felt a trace of disappointment. Zhou Hong actually forgot about something? Did she, a great beauty, have such little presence in Zhou Hong's eyes?
It had to be said that Shen Yanran felt a sense of failure for the first time. What man, upon seeing her, wouldn't stare like a bee? Yet Zhou Hong seemed completely unattracted.
"It's about joining the Classical Instruments Association," Shen Yanran said, glaring at Zhou Hong somewhat exasperatedly.
"You mean this? Heh, didn't I say last time that it depends on your sincerity."
"What sincerity do you want?" Shen Yanran was somewhat frantic.
"How about this, you sit down and have a meal with me, then accompany me for a tour of Jinzhou University, and I'll consider joining the Classical Music Association. I might even coach your playing," Zhou Hong said with a smile.
"Fine, I can agree to have dinner with you and tour the campus, but I'm afraid you might not be able to handle the consequences," Shen Yanran huffed.
"What consequences?" Zhou Hong frowned.
"You should know that I'm one of Jinzhou University's campus belles. If I sit and eat with you, and then tour the campus with you, many of my suitors will surely want to 'chat' with you."
"Hahaha." Zhou Hong let out a disdainful laugh.
At this moment, Liu Hua quickly interjected, "Brother Hong here isn't a nobody anymore. He's now a sensation in the school, one of the prominent figures, and has even been rated as the Fifth Madman."
"What!" Shen Yanran was immediately startled. Although she didn't frequent the forums much, she was certainly familiar with the school's Four Madmen. Moreover, the Fourth Madman had liked her for six years. Just two days ago, he had asked her out for dinner, but she had refused, citing her disinterest in dating. That Fourth Madman had said he wouldn't give up and would move her with his sincerity.
She never expected that Zhou Hong's classmate would say Zhou Hong had also been rated as a madman.
"Heh." Zhou Hong smiled faintly and didn't refute. Since everyone called him the Fifth Madman, then so be it. Zhou Hong didn't care.
"What did he do to be rated as the Fifth Madman?" Shen Yanran asked curiously.
"Just this morning, he made the five great young masters squat in a dung bucket for a whole morning. Oh, and Brother Hong is also a martial cultivator now, reaching the fourth stage of the Martial Practitioner realm," Liu Hua said eagerly.
"Uh." Shen Yanran was slightly taken aback. Zhou Hong had actually reached the fourth stage of the Martial Practitioner realm? She had thought Zhou Hong was just an ordinary university student. The Fourth Madman who had asked her out for dinner two days ago was at the sixth stage of the Martial Practitioner realm, and Zhou Hong was now only two stages weaker.
Of course, Shen Yanran wasn't surprised by Zhou Hong's strength. After all, Shen Yanran came from a renowned martial arts family, with many cultivators in her family. Her brother was a genius student in the Martial Cultivation Academy, far stronger than Zhou Hong.
"I truly didn't expect you to be so skilled at playing the piano, and to have some skill in martial cultivation as well," Shen Yanran said with a slight smile.
"Alright, if you want me to join your Classical Instruments Association, then hurry up and sit down to eat with me," Zhou Hong said impatiently.
"Forget it, forget it. I don't want to harm you. I'll pretend I never mentioned inviting you to join the Classical Instruments Association," Shen Yanran said with a wry smile.
"What do you mean? You were so sincere just now, why the sudden change? Don't tell me you're afraid of me after hearing I'm the Fifth Madman?" Zhou Hong asked with a frown.
"How is that possible? Before, I thought you were just an ordinary university student, so I could interact with you without any reservations, and others wouldn't suspect anything between us. But now, you're also a prominent figure, and a fourth-stage Martial Practitioner. If I get too close to you, people won't think it's just a purely platonic classmate relationship anymore," Shen Yanran said with a wry smile. The reason she suddenly decided to give up was naturally because of the Fourth Madman. If he knew she was so close to Zhou Hong, he would surely not let Zhou Hong off. If Zhou Hong were just an ordinary university student, he wouldn't think much of it, as he knew that with her conditions, she wouldn't find an ordinary man.
"No, you have to explain this clearly to me," Zhou Hong said, somewhat dejected.
"To be honest, the Fourth Madman, Lan Aotian, went to the same school as me in middle school. He's liked me for a long time and hasn't given up pursuing me, always wanting to move me with his sincerity. If you hadn't had martial cultivation talent before, and were just an ordinary university student, then I wouldn't be afraid of getting close to you, as it wouldn't harm you. But now that you're no longer an ordinary university student, people will definitely think you're trying to woo me, or that I have feelings for you."
"And then?"
"Lan Aotian is a sixth-stage Martial Practitioner. For me, he's broken countless men's legs. The reason he's rated as the Fourth Madman is because he frequently breaks people's legs. Alas, I won't come looking for you anymore," Shen Yanran sighed, turned around, and left. She didn't want to harm Zhou Hong, lest he also have his legs broken.
Zhou Hong was speechless.
"Brother Hong, she's doing the right thing. I've also heard about Lan Aotian liking Shen Yanran for a long time. Lan Aotian's family and Shen Yanran's family are both quite powerful martial cultivation families locally in Jinzhou City. Shen Yanran's sudden decision to withdraw her invitation to join her association is also for your own good," Wu Jinbin said quickly.
"Give me a break," Zhou Hong said, curling his lip. He clearly didn't take this Lan Aotian seriously at all.
However, what Zhou Hong didn't know was that the scene of Shen Yanran approaching him just now had been filmed by some students in the cafeteria. Those students immediately posted it to some of their group chats.
From the group chats, some university students then posted it to the university forum, and on the forum, they inquired why Shen Yanran would actively seek out Zhou Hong, whether it was because Shen Yanran saw Zhou Hong's good martial cultivation talent and prowess in other areas, and so on.
At this moment, in a villa in Jinzhou City, a young man was sitting on a sofa, drinking alone, his mood seemingly unhappy.
This young man was none other than Jinzhou University's Fourth Madman, Lan Aotian, also known as the Leg-Breaker Madman. He would break people's legs at the slightest provocation, causing widespread fear among everyone at Jinzhou University.
(During the New Year period, there will be only one update per day for now!)